Two Component Theory of Neutrino Flavor Mixing
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چکیده
Neutrino flavor mixing is discussed in terms of two-component coupled lefthanded flavor fields. This is to take into account the fact that the weak interaction couples only to left-handed fields. The flavor fields are written through a rotation matrix, as a linear combination of left-handed free fields. In order to obtain properly normalized wave functions directly from those free fields, states of mixed helicity have to be considered. Neutrino flavor oscillation amplitudes are also derived.
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